| Work Title
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Swanee
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Gershwin, George
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IGG 26
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1919
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| First Performance.
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1919-10 in New York: Capitol Theater
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| First Publication.
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1919 – New York: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
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| Copyright Information
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Although purely instrumental selections and arrangements are permitted for this piece items containing any text by the author(s) listed below cannot be added to the main server (located in Canada) until 70 years after the death of the author(s). Items with text first published before 1929 or otherwise confirmed as public domain in the United States can be uploaded to the US server only. This item, which is in the public domain in its country of origin, is likewise in the public domain in countries which apply the rule of the shorter term. All EU countries apply the rule of the shorter term in general.
Note that in some cases this rule may be overridden by a treaty with the source country (especially the United States) and/or may not apply to works which fell into the public domain in their source country due to a failure to renew copyright or comply with other formalities.
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| Librettist
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Irving Caesar (1895-1996)
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| Language
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English
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Early 20th century
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| Piece Style
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Early 20th century
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| Instrumentation
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voice, piano
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| External Links
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Wikipedia article
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| Extra Information
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The song was written for a New York City revue called "Demi-Tasse", which opened in October 1919 in the Capitol Theater. The song had little impact in its first show, but not long afterwards Gershwin played it at a party where Al Jolson heard it. Jolson then put it into his show Sinbad, already a success at the Winter Garden Theatre, and recorded it for Columbia Records in January 1920. Gershwhin himself made several piano roll recordings of the song. Possibly orchestrated, but by somebody other than the composer.
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